Antonyms for set back
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : set-bak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛtˌbæk |
Definition of set back
Origin :- Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cf. Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also cf. set (n.2).
- Intransitive sense from c.1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c.1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.
- verb delay, hinder
- The Old Ladies' Home, much to the sorrow of its inmates, "set back from the road."
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- The historical evolution could not be hastened, although it was often set back.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- You buy Wellmouth Development at that price and then set back and hang on.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- So I was set back again with my canvas flappin', as you might say.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- You just set back and pretend you don't want to sell at all.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- When a sack was full it was tied up and set back out of the way.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
- To pass this one is to set back the hands on the dial of reform.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- Some planets have been set back, and even destroyed as a result of drone activity.
- Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
- The Big House set back from the big road about a quarter of a mile.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
- His eyes were melancholy, and were set back deep under his brow.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
Synonyms for set back
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